The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-10

Owing to the great height of the trees it is i'm
possible to pick the nuts, and they are allowed
| to hang till they fall The natives gather them
| up and carry them to the husking machines,
where the nuts are stripped of the thick outside
shells A nut is most delicious just after it has
| dropped from the tree.
ONE of the Scotch papers has recently con-
tanned several letters the subject of the
birthplace of Pontius PLATE, one writer actually
maintaining that he was born at Garth Castla,
| in Perthshire; a legend which it was attempted
| to support by the statement that his father was
| Roman Governor of Perthshire; but this is
| manifestly nonsense, as the Romans did not in
| wade Caledonia till nearly fifty years after the
| Cr1ciflXion.
| GEN. BoUIANGER has just instituted what the
| French papers describe as an excellent measure
| in the way of cavalry drill. In the middle of
| the night the bugle sounds in barracks, and all
of the men have to turn out, saddle their horses
and be ready to take the field. They leave their
| quarters for some fixed destination, the squad
rons are then separated into groups each COM
manded by subaltern officer, and ordered to
any point in the capital at his discretion, re-
turning to barracks at given hour.
PROPOSALS have been made to the governments
of Denmark and Sweden for constructing a SUBJ
marine tunnel for railway under the Sound
between Copenhagen and Malmo. The tunnel,
as planned would have a total length of be-
tween seven ana elgnJ miles, Inc ground to be
worked is represented as closely resembling
that in the channel between England and
France and is said to offer no difficulty to the
execution of the work. The total cost of con-
structlon, 1t IS estimated, will not exceed
S5,00000O.
DAVE REED, the minstrel, says that in old
times the company had a stone slab on which
they burnt the cork the usual way then they
would mix the cork with lard into a thick PASTE
then they would redden the lips and whten the
eyes, after which they would apply the cork
Washing up was the work and was accomplished
in the following manner: First, an application
of lard, then they would take an old table knife
and scrape off all they could, then more lard and
vigorous rubbing with rag. Altogether the
lard and rag were necessity for three straight
heats, with q finishing of soap and water. All
this required just one hour of hard labor.
In the old town of H, in Vermont, about the
beginning of this century, lived a man named
c., to whom the unique idea had occurred of
following the order of the alphabet in naming
his children. In accordance with this plan No.
l, a boy was named Ashley Brigham c. The
brief existence of No was shown by her name
Gilman, Hilar1ty Juno, Kathira Lelona, Relna
Nolilla, Obadiah Polander, Quiret.a Rosena
Serviah Trusty, and when this point vas reached
the old gentleman died, leaving girl without
name, and his widow finished the list by skip
ping the intervening letters and calling the UNI
named baby &.
New York PAPER, hard pressed, has the fol
lowing as special from Washington: ''Once,
at White House public reception, when the
crowd was immense, Sir Edward and Lord
George Montague, the last son of the Duke of
Manchester, tried to make their way into the
Blue Room along with the general crowd. The
policeman on duty waved them back DO you
know, sir" said Sir Edward, in his most i'm
portant manner, that am Sir Edward Thorn
TONI" And L, !" said Lord George, who was a
mi GiETn fnt1N
George Montague" go way" responded the
policeman; don't tell me two such little grass
hoppers as you are Sir Edward Thornton and
Lord George Montague
A CORRESPONDENT writes: The more we saw
of Cuban women the more unqualihedly we ac-
knowledge their wonderful beauty. We hardly
saw homely woman in Havana, and we saw
some beautiful beyond description There is a
sameness about the beauty that might in the
collective grow a little monotonous, but an indi-
yidual instance is incompatible. Even if the
race Is not otherwise fine the hIStrous eyes can
light up and glo1fy it, and the eyes of the Cuban
women are like stars of the summer night and
the velvety black masses of hair bound about
their heads and thrust through with a golden
bodkin, after custom immemorial in old Spain
truly wonans crown of glory The senslous
perfection of their forms in soft and graceful
outlines the wtchery of the dark eyes and al
Iurng lips fun and rich the sly grace of the fan
or cigarette, the dainty, arched feet with gold
embroidered black stockings, and that most
beautiful of all ornaments for the head. the
mantllla, have often been celebrated in song and
story and poetry, but they never received any
more praise or admiration than they deserved.
THE following is the description of a dancing
lesson on the stage of the Paris opera: All the
ladies are dressed in cotton or flannel. which
leaves their arms and shoulders bare with a
garment down to their knees, and boots like the
cothurnus. The wealthy among them have
costly fur coats; the poor have thin, shabby
shcwis or waterproofs to wrap Themselves in
after the performance is over On the STAGE
two dim lights are burning; several gentlemen
stand about, one of them carrying baton The
orchestra consists of two volins. The maitre de
ballet, beating the floor with his baton
calls out, Now, then, ladies' silence if
You please! We begin again. The second
tableau." And assuming the attitude which his
pupils are to assume, he shouts, Attention!
The prison scene and the prisoners step You
are chained-you-you sacre beu look toward
the sky toward the sky, tell you Gross vour
hands and put one foot forward. Unfasten
your hands Quickly put your foot back"
Not unfrequently the baton is used for other
purposes than merely to beat time, and the
lesson goes on amid scolding and cursing All
me dancers take part in il, from the very young
inc poor, and the innocent, who try to embellish
themselves with bunch of violets or q piece of
bright ribbon and pair Of brass earrings to
the grand ladies sparkling with diamonds, from
pehlnd the dim scenes like Indian idols in the
depths of the pagodas of Juggernaut.
JAY GoULD's PROJECT of establishing a railroad
town in the West reminds the Philadelphia Rec.
ord OF the story of the summary manner in
which he wrought vengeance upon a community
thai had incurred his dispeasure When the
great strike was on one year ago ON the Missouri
Pacific and other Western lines controlled by
Jay Gould, the town Of Sedaa, Mo- was n
thriving place 1t was what is commonly known
as u railroad town. Car shops were located
there and Sedalia bore about the same relation
TO the Gould railroads in Missouri that Altoona
bears TO the Pennsylvania railroad in Pennsyl-
yania. During the strike the storekeepers and
traders OF the town supported the railroad EN-.
ployes and called mass meetings in their
aid. Travellers who now pass the
place are told that jay Gould Thought
the Sedalio people had gone further than the
occasion demanded He became incensed az
their activity, and il Is reported that when the
story or their doings was laid before him he ex.
claimed: within year will turn that town
into churchyard. The strike ended in a fail
ure. Jay Gould ordered the removal of the car
shops and all Of his railroad property. Within
month the town of Sedalia began TO show
signs OF decay. AS the trains roll by and pas
sengers note the absence of life. train men tell
them that the place Is jay Gould's churchyard
The revenge OF the great millionaire is complete.
What assurance is offered that the people who
settled IN Mr. Gould's new town win not meet
With similar treatment II they shall dare 10
cross the lines Of that autocratS